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Cerebral Embolic Protection Device Disappoints in TAVR/Stroke Trial
In this largest-to-date randomized trial of stroke prevention in transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients, use of the Sentinel cerebral embolic protection device did not significantly affect the incidence of periprocedural stroke.
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Extended Use of Intrauterine Devices: New Data
In this prospective cohort study, 362 participants started year 6 of the device and 223 women completed eight years of 52-mg levonorgestrel intrauterine device use. For years 6-8, the three-year Pearl Index (95% confidence interval) was 0.28 (0.03-1.00), with a three-year cumulative failure rate of 0.68% (0.17-2.71).
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Increasing Incidence of Stage IV Cervical Cancer
This study examined the incidence of stage IV cervical cancer in the United States between 2001 and 2018. Rates were highest among Black women, but the annual rate of increase was highest among white women in the South aged 40-44 years. Compared with Black women, white women also had lower rates of guideline-adherent cervical cancer screening, and white teens had lower rates of human papillomavirus vaccination.
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Labor Epidural Analgesia Is Not Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder or ADHD in Offspring
Use of epidural analgesia by pregnant women in labor was not associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the resulting children after controlling for confounding factors, including familial risks.
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Interpregnancy Interval Outcomes in Group Prenatal Care vs. Traditional Care
This study demonstrated that, when compared to women receiving conventional prenatal care, CenteringPregnancy care was associated with a substantial decrease in interpregnancy intervals at ≤ 6 and ≤ 12 months and a remarkable increase in postpartum long-acting reversible contraception uptake.
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Racial Research in IP & Control
As the first step in an ambitious research agenda to address healthcare racial inequities and hospital infections, Shanina Knighton, PhD, RN, CIC, is starting at ground zero: “hygiene poverty.”
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Pandemic Puts Scientists, Medical Groups, Federal Agencies at Odds
Misinformation has been the enemy of truth during a pandemic that now has exceeded two years and taken a million lives, but there also has been genuine scientific disagreement that would seem inevitable given the many variables of the response.
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Endemic Monkeypox? Overall Decline, but Persistence Likely
Although the most likely scenario is that monkeypox cases will fall significantly in the next few months, transmission in the United States is “unlikely to be eliminated in the near future,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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CDC: Monkeypox Causing Severe Infections, Test Patients for HIV
A severe spectrum of monkeypox disease is appearing in patients with untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to urge HIV testing for patients with monkeypox.
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Feds Seek to Overhaul Nation’s Prescription Drug Model
The White House has directed federal agencies to find ways to lower costs, expand access, and speed delivery.